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Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses | 18. Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses Currency exchange rate fluctuations may impact Mattel’s results of operations and cash flows. Mattel’s currency transaction exposures include gains and losses realized on unhedged inventory purchases and unhedged receivables and payables balances that are denominated in a currency other than the applicable functional currency. Gains and losses on unhedged inventory purchases and other transactions associated with operating activities are recorded in the components of operating income to which they relate in the consolidated statements of operations. For hedges of intercompany loans and advances, which do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, the gains or losses on the hedges resulting from changes in fair value as well as the offsetting transaction gains or losses on the related hedged items, along with unhedged items, are recognized in other non-operating income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations. Inventory purchase and sale transactions denominated in the Euro, British pound sterling, Mexican peso, Brazilian real, and Indonesian rupiah are the primary transactions that cause foreign currency transaction exposure for Mattel. Currency transaction gains (losses) included in the consolidated statements of operations are as follows:
|  | For the Three Months Ended |
|  | March 31, 2014 |  |  | March 31, 2013 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Operating income |  | $ | 8,069 |  |  | $ | 10,880 |
Other non-operating (expense) income, net |  |  | (932 | ) |  |  | 132 |
Net transaction gains |  | $ | 7,137 |  |  | $ | 11,012 |

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